This policy explains what personal data is involved when you visit arastudiotech.com, play our games (FameUp: Influencer Life and Faísca, on Android) or contact us. AraStudioTech is an independent game studio based in Brazil (“AraStudioTech”, “we”, “us”). We are the controller of the personal data described here.
The short version
- We try not to collect personal data at all. There are no accounts, no logins and no servers of our own storing player information.
- This website uses no cookies and no analytics or tracking tools.
- Your game progress is saved only on your device. We never receive it.
- Our games are free and show ads from Google AdMob. Google collects some device data to serve and measure those ads. Where the law requires it, personalized ads are only shown with your consent.
- We do not sell your personal data.
1. What information we collect
When you visit this website
- No cookies, no analytics. The site does not use cookies, tracking pixels or analytics services, and it has no forms or sign-ups.
- Hosting. The site is hosted on GitHub Pages. Like any web server, GitHub receives your IP address and basic technical data (browser, request time) to deliver the page and keep the service secure. See the GitHub Privacy Statement.
- Fonts. We load fonts from Google Fonts, so your browser connects to Google's servers, which receive your IP address. See the Google Fonts privacy FAQ.
- Language preference. When you pick a language, your browser stores that choice locally (local storage) so the site remembers it. It stays on your device and is never sent to us.
- Videos. If we embed a video, it uses YouTube's privacy-enhanced mode and only loads after you press play. From that moment, Google/YouTube's own privacy policy applies.
When you play our games
- Progress saved on your device. Levels, stars, scores, items, settings and similar game data are stored only in the app's local storage on your phone. This includes the artist name you type in FameUp and, in Faísca, the age range you choose for the IQ test and your results. We do not receive this data. If Android backup is turned on, Android itself may include it in your Google Account backup, which we cannot access. Uninstalling the game or clearing its data deletes everything.
- Advertising (Google AdMob). To show ads, measure them and prevent fraud, the Google Mobile Ads SDK inside our games may collect and process: your device's advertising ID (and app set ID), your IP address (from which an approximate location can be estimated), device and system information, interactions with ads and with the app, and diagnostic data such as crashes and performance. This data goes directly to Google, encrypted in transit. We only see aggregated reports (for example, how many ads were shown). Learn more in how Google uses information from apps that use its services.
- Notifications. If you allow them, our games schedule local reminders (for example, a daily challenge). They are created on your device; nothing is sent to us.
- Sharing and reviews. The “Share” button opens Android's share menu with a short text; the app you choose sends it. When a game asks you to rate it, the rating is handled by Google Play. We receive nothing personal from either.
- No purchases, no chat. Our current games have no in-app purchases, no chat and no user accounts.
When you contact us
If you email us (for support, press, partnerships or anything else), we receive your email address, your name if you include it, your message and any attachments. We only use this to answer you and follow up on what you asked.
2. How we use information
- To run the website and keep it secure.
- To keep our games free through advertising and to prevent ad fraud.
- To answer your messages, provide support and discuss partnerships.
- To comply with legal obligations and protect our rights.
We do not build profiles of players, we do not make automated decisions about you, and we do not sell or rent personal data.
3. Legal bases
Under Brazil's General Data Protection Law (LGPD) and the EU/UK GDPR, we rely on:
- Consent, for personalized ads where the law requires it (for example in the European Economic Area, the UK and Switzerland). You can withdraw it at any time.
- Legitimate interests, for non-personalized ads that keep the games free, fraud prevention, and hosting and securing the website.
- Pre-contractual steps or a contract, when you contact us about a project or partnership.
- Legal obligations, when we must keep or disclose information by law.
4. Who we share information with
We work with a small number of service providers, each under its own privacy terms:
- Google: AdMob (ads in our games), Google Play (app distribution, ratings, Android backup) and Google Fonts (website fonts).
- GitHub: website hosting.
- Our email provider: to receive and answer your messages.
We may also disclose information when we believe in good faith that it is necessary to: comply with the law, a court order or a valid request from authorities; protect someone's safety or vital interests; prevent fraud, abuse or security issues; protect the rights and property of AraStudioTech or others; or as part of a merger, acquisition or sale of assets, in which case this policy will continue to protect your data.
5. Where data is processed
We are based in Brazil. Our providers (Google and GitHub) may process data in the United States and other countries where they operate. These transfers rely on the safeguards those providers offer, such as standard contractual clauses, as permitted by the LGPD and the GDPR.
6. How long we keep information
- Game data stays on your device until you clear it or uninstall the game.
- Advertising data is kept by Google according to its own retention policies.
- Emails are kept while we need them to handle your request or partnership, and then deleted, unless we must keep them longer by law or to defend our rights.
7. Your choices and rights
Controls you can use right now
- Ad consent: in the game's settings (privacy / ads option, where available in your region).
- Advertising ID: reset or delete it in Android settings (Settings → Google → Ads, or Settings → Privacy → Ads, depending on your device).
- Google ad settings: myadcenter.google.com.
- Game data: clear the app's data or uninstall the game.
- Notifications: turn them off in Android's notification settings.
Your rights
Depending on where you live, you may have the right to: confirm whether we process your data; access it; correct it; delete it; anonymize, block or delete unnecessary data; port it to another provider; know who we share it with; withdraw consent; object to processing; and file a complaint with a data protection authority. In Brazil, these are the rights in Article 18 of the LGPD and the authority is the ANPD. In the EU/UK you can contact your local supervisory authority.
US residents (for example, California): we do not sell personal information. Ads in our games may be personalized by Google using your advertising ID, which some US state laws treat as “sharing” for targeted advertising. You can opt out at any time by deleting your advertising ID or turning off ad personalization in your Android settings. We will not discriminate against you for exercising your rights.
Because we do not hold player data on our own servers, most game-related requests are best handled with the controls above. For anything else, email us at contato@arastudiotech.com with the subject “Privacy”. We reply within 15 days.
8. Security
We avoid collecting data in the first place, which is the best protection. The website is served only over HTTPS, and advertising data travels encrypted between your device and Google. No method of transmission or storage is 100% secure, but we take reasonable measures to protect the information we handle.
9. Children
Our website and games are intended for people aged 13 and over and are not directed to children. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children under 13, in line with the US Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and the LGPD. Ads in our games are limited to content suitable for general audiences and teens. If you believe a child has sent us personal data, contact us and we will delete it.
10. Links to other sites
Our site and games link to services we do not control, such as Google Play and social networks. Their privacy policies apply when you use them, and we are not responsible for their practices.
11. Games covered
This policy applies to all games published by AraStudioTech on Google Play, including FameUp: Influencer Life and Faísca. Faísca was previously published under the name “Faísca Games”, which is now AraStudioTech. If you contacted us at an old Faísca Games address, please write to contato@arastudiotech.com.
12. Changes to this policy
We may update this policy when our games, the website or the law change. The date at the top shows the current version. If a change is significant, we will also announce it on this site or in the game's Google Play listing.
13. Contact
AraStudioTech, Brazil
Questions, requests and our data protection contact (LGPD “encarregado” channel): contato@arastudiotech.com